WHAT TO BRINGTemperatures can range from 55 to 85 degrees F in one week! Campers stay in rustic cabins with roll-down canvas sides, so be prepared for very cool (or very warm) nighttime temperatures. Bathrooms are also rustic and communal, and several minutes' walk from the cabins.

Warm and cool weather clothing

Rain gear

Nice clothes for concert (not too fancy!)

Bathing suit & beach towel

Flip-flops or shower shoes

Sleeping bag or warm blanket

Electric fan and extension cord

Flashlight

Pillow

Towel

Toiletries/soap/shampoo

Insect repellent

Bed-sized mosquito netting and string for hanging it

Sports equipment (tennis racquet, fishing rod, etc.)

Camera

Musical instrument

Music (including piano accompaniment, if solo is not in Suzuki literature)

Music stand

Rosin, pencil, metronome, cello strap

Extra strings (there is no music store, so please plan ahead)

CAMP SCHEDULERegistration is from 2-3 p.m. on the first day of each session. Chamber music rehearsals begin at 3 p.m.

Each student has 4 or 5 classes per day: a combination of master classes, group classes, orchestra, music and movement, chamber music, theater, and play-ins. One of the pillars of the Suzuki philosophy is that parents are actively involved and present for their child’s master classes and group classes.

All students are encouraged to play in one of the daily solo recitals. The day you perform will be determined when you check in. Pieces must be memorized and polished. Please bring the piano accompaniment for any piece outside of the Suzuki literature.

Arts & crafts, swimming, impromptu sports (tennis and field sports) are available each day, as well as informal chamber music reading for parents and students each evening.

The waterfront is open at specified times with a certified life guard on duty for swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing.

Evening events include a play-in, a faculty recital, storytelling and songs, a family show, folk dancing, and chamber music.

On the final night of camp, participants perform in a concert. After the concert, everyone is invited to a festive dessert banquet.

Check out time is approximately 3 p.m. on the final day of each session.

DRIVING DIRECTIONSTake advantage of the drive to do some extra listening!

Via MA and east: North on Rt. 93 into New Hampshire. Look out for Exit 38 with the sign for Sugar Hill – one of several Rt. 18 exits. Turn left for Sugar Hill. Take a right in Franconia and go through the village to Rt. 117 where you take a left. At the end of Rt. 117 go right on highway 302. Take your next left onto Lyman Rd. Continue 3 miles on Lyman Rd. Take a right fork onto a dirt road. The sign will say Ogontz, and you are there! If you miss the camp road and come to Tinkerville store you know you have gone too far.

Via CT, west MA and VT: North on Rt. 91 (from Hartford to Rt. 302 in Wells River. Go east on Rt. 302, cross the river through Lisbon and make a left onto Lyman Rd. shortly after Rt. 117 on the right. Then proceed as above.

Via South Maine: Rt. 95 to Portland. West (and north) on Rt. 25 to Rt. 93 north. Then proceed as above.

FOODAt Ogontz, we sit down together as a community for three delicious meals a day, many prepared using vegetables, eggs, and other ingredients grown and produced on Ogontz property. Vegetarian, gluten-free and other diets are accommodated to the extent possible. Everyone contributes to the life of the community by participating in a daily 30-minute chore.